ἘΣΠΑΡΑΣΣΕΝ, ἐσπαρασσεν
ESPARASSEN, esparassen
Sounds Like: es-pa-RAS-sen
Translations: tore, tore apart, rent, convulsed, threw into convulsions
From the root: ΣΠΑΡΑΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of tearing, rending, or convulsing something. It can refer to physically tearing something apart, or metaphorically to a violent agitation or convulsion, often used in the context of evil spirits causing seizures or fits. It is typically used in a past tense to describe an action that has already occurred.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G4682 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 5:141
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΑΡΑΣΣΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΣΠΑΡΑΣΣΩ — to tear apart, to rend, to convulse, to throw into convulsions
- ἘΣΠΑΡΑΓΜΕΝΑΙ — torn, mangled, convulsed, rent, having been torn, having been mangled, having been convulsed
- ἘΣΠΑΡΑΞΕΝ — he tore, she tore, it tore, he rent, she rent, it rent, he convulsed, she convulsed, it convulsed
- ἘΣΠΑΡΑΤΤΟΝ — they were tearing, they were rending, they were convulsing, they were mangling
- ἘΣΠΑΡΑΤΤΟΝΤΟ — they were being torn, they were being rent, they were being convulsed
- ἘΣΠΑΡΑΧΘΗΣΑΝ — they were torn, they were rent, they were convulsed, they were agitated
- ΣΠΑΡΑΞΑΝ — tore, tore apart, convulsed, rent, threw into convulsions
- ΣΠΑΡΑΞΑΝΤΕΣ — having torn, having ripped, having mangled, having rent, having lacerated
- ΣΠΑΡΑΞΑΣ — having torn, having convulsed, having rent, having thrown into convulsions
- ΣΠΑΡΑΣΣΕΙ — tears, rends, convulses, throws into convulsions, tears apart, pulls apart
- ΣΠΑΡΑΣΣΕΤΑΙ — is torn, is rent, is convulsed, is thrown into convulsions
- ΣΠΑΡΑΣΣΩ — to tear, to rend, to convulse, to throw into convulsions
- ΣΠΑΡΑΤΤΟΜΕΝΗΝ — being torn, being mangled, being convulsed, being rent, being lacerated
- ΣΠΑΡΑΤΤΟΜΕΝΟΣ — being torn, being rent, being convulsed, being agitated
- ΣΠΑΡΑΤΤΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of those being torn, of those being rent, of those being convulsed, of those being agitated
- ΣΠΑΡΑΤΤΟΥΣΙΝ — they tear, they rend, they convulse, they throw into convulsions
- ΣΠΑΡΑΧΘΗΝΑΙ — to be torn, to be mangled, to be rent, to be convulsed
- ΣΠΑΡΑΧΘΗΣΑΝ — were torn, were rent, were convulsed, were agitated
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